March 14, 2016, at the Administration of the President of Ukraine it was held a working meeting under the chairmanship of the Deputy Head of the APU Pavlenko RM on the question of holding mournful events in Ukraine in September 2016 in connection with the 75th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy, with the participation of the leadership of the state and foreign guests, in particular the "Witness" ceremony.
The meeting was attended by Head of the Main Department for Internal Policies Goncharuk O.O., Head of the Main Department for Humanitarian Policy Ruban Y.G., Deputy Head of the Main Department of State Protocol and the Ceremony Kushneruk D.V., Adviser to the President of Ukraine Nishuk Y.M, Advisers of the Head of the APU Kurochka G.O., Tkachenko S.V., other members of the APU , director of NHMR "Babyn Yar" Glazunov B.I., director of "Zinteko" Ltd. Kushpitovsky S.E., representative in Ukraine of the charitable "Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter" Luzina M. V., representative of the directing group Proskurnya S.V.